
201 - 500 employees
Founded 1996
🧬 Biotechnology
🏥 Healthcare
🤝 Non-profit
Biotechnology • Healthcare • Non-profit
IAVI is a global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and therapeutic antibodies for HIV, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases. It pursues end-to-end product development—discovery, epidemiology, clinical development, product development, and global access—working through a network of academic, biotech, pharma, and public health partners. IAVI conducts preclinical and clinical trials, advances vaccine candidates (including rVSV-based vaccines for Lassa, Marburg, Sudan, and Bundibugyo viruses), supports broadly neutralizing antibody research for HIV, and engages in policy, advocacy, and community partnerships to ensure affordable, globally accessible public health solutions.
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🌐 United Kingdom, South Africa, +2 more countries – Remote
⏰ Full Time
🟢 Junior
🟡 Mid-level
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201 - 500 employees
Founded 1996
🧬 Biotechnology
🏥 Healthcare
🤝 Non-profit
Biotechnology • Healthcare • Non-profit
IAVI is a global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and therapeutic antibodies for HIV, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases. It pursues end-to-end product development—discovery, epidemiology, clinical development, product development, and global access—working through a network of academic, biotech, pharma, and public health partners. IAVI conducts preclinical and clinical trials, advances vaccine candidates (including rVSV-based vaccines for Lassa, Marburg, Sudan, and Bundibugyo viruses), supports broadly neutralizing antibody research for HIV, and engages in policy, advocacy, and community partnerships to ensure affordable, globally accessible public health solutions.
• Support implementation and performance of immunological assays across IAVI-sponsored clinical trials and research programs • Provide scientific and technical support to Clinical Research Centers, collaborating laboratories and CROs • Support assay feasibility, laboratory readiness, development, optimization, qualification, validation, technology transfer and implementation • Provide remote and on-site technical support and training during assay transfer, implementation and performance monitoring • Review assay performance and laboratory data, identify issues, support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis, recommend corrective actions and escalate significant risks • Support laboratory quality activities under GCP/GCLP requirements, study protocols, SOPs and laboratory quality systems • Support EQA program implementation, data analysis, reporting, troubleshooting and follow-up • Contribute scientific and technical input on assay feasibility, laboratory performance, technical risks and clinical trial delivery • Support equipment and reagent readiness, documentation review, biosafety, sample management and shipment coordination • Contribute to laboratory data review, analysis, interpretation and reporting • Communicate laboratory performance, findings and technical issues through reports, presentations and discussions • Build relationships across collaborating laboratories and CROs, share lessons learned and good laboratory practices • Deliver technical training on assay methods, procedures and good laboratory practices
• Master’s degree in immunology, biological sciences or a related field • At least two years of relevant laboratory experience • A minimum of two years of related post-PhD experience is required • Hands-on experience with ELISpot, ELISA, PBMC isolation and cryopreservation, neutralization assays, multiplex assays or flow cytometry • Experience supporting clinical research laboratory activities in accordance with GCLP requirements • Experience implementing, adapting and documenting immunological laboratory procedures for clinical research • Experience supporting assay development, optimization, qualification, validation or technology transfer • Experience reviewing assay performance, troubleshooting technical issues and recommending corrective actions • Experience reviewing, interpreting and reporting research or clinical trial laboratory data • Experience writing or reviewing SOPs, laboratory protocols or related technical documentation • Experience communicating technical information and delivering laboratory training or technical support • Experience managing multiple work priorities and meeting established deadlines • Experience collaborating with internal colleagues and external laboratory partners • Ability to travel internationally to support collaborating laboratories (approximately 10–15%) • Experience supporting clinical trials or laboratory programs in LMIC settings, particularly in Africa is desirable • Experience providing technical support to CRO laboratories is desirable • Experience using statistical analysis tools, including R, is desirable
• Salary is paid in local currency and is commensurate and competitive with the local labor market • Generous retirement savings plan employer contributions • Competitive health, dental and vision insurance plans • Competitive paid time off policy • Potential for annual bonuses based on performance
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